Questions on the Newsome 4yrd Box Pleat or 8yrd Knife Pleat?

[Mael Coluim]

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Me too, Terry!

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[macwilkin]

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[Bugbear]

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[xman]

... (though made with closer to 5 or 5.5 yards).

Now this is an oddness. It would seem to me that tree layers of fabric in the back and two in the front is what a box pleated kilt must contain. Add in a yard for deep pleats and such and that comes to about four yards (possibly less) in my admittedly inexperienced reckoning. How does one fit even more material into a box pleated kilt?

[Ryan Ross]

Now this is an oddness. It would seem to me that tree layers of fabric in the back and two in the front is what a box pleated kilt must contain. Add in a yard for deep pleats and such and that comes to about four yards (possibly less) in my admittedly inexperienced reckoning. How does one fit even more material into a box pleated kilt?

Extra overlap inside each box pleat. A kilt made this way will look knife pleated, from the inside.

[xman]

Extra overlap inside each box pleat. A kilt made this way will look knife pleated, from the inside.

Mais bien sur, merci.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Now this is an oddness. It would seem to me that tree layers of fabric in the back and two in the front is what a box pleated kilt must contain. Add in a yard for deep pleats and such and that comes to about four yards (possibly less) in my admittedly inexperienced reckoning. How does one fit even more material into a box pleated kilt?

You can make a box pleated kilt from any (well, within reason) amount of cloth, just like you can a knife pleated kilt. Indeed, the modern "military box pleated kilt" is just a box pleated kilt made with much more cloth.

[Ryan Ross]

*ehem*

Having worn both with a lot of regularity, I have to admit that, all things being equal, I like the 4 yard box pleated kilt better. For starters, it's more economical. Secondly, it's more comfortable- taking off a "tank" at the end of the day feels like removing a back brace. It's cooler in the heat, and as TartanHiker's experiment seemed to indicate, may be warmer in winter, provided one was moving about rather than standing around. Finally, I like the look of it, and the history behind it.

As for the 8 yard knife pleat, it does have some points to reccomend it. There are likely more pleating options available, when compaired to the low yardage kilt. It has an almost hypnotic swing, and the ladies seem to to be drawn to that; possibly another plus(unless you're going to work the STM tent at a particularly hot highland games, and your girlfriend still wants to see all those pretty, narrow pleats).

I think every serious kilt-wearing man should have at least one 8 yard kilt; I think one low-yardage kilt, however, doesn't seem like enough at all.

[Mael Coluim]

Last summer when I visited Scotland, I wore my Malcolm tartan tank when with the Clan Malcolm MacCallum, my Robertson 5 yarder when I was with the Donnachaidhs and when I wasn’t with either I usually wore my Newsome box pleat for sheer comfort.

The only grief I got about the box pleat and the five yarder was from my dear friend, Redshanks. But, damn he takes good photos!

[xman]

... he takes good photos!

Tru dat. Thanks for posting! You should learn to keep your hose up though.